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PUMICEOUS

/pəˈmɪʃəs/9 letters

Definition of PUMICEOUS

adjective

Of or pertaining to pumice; resembling pumice.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Latin pumiceus.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PUMICEOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
41
First board
61
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.

First ever to find it

errant_octopus

on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PUMICEOUS
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

PUMICEOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIMOPSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start PUMICE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PUMICEOUS?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 41 - and most players walked straight past it.

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